THE CANNIBAL CELEBRITY: ISSEI SAGAWA

            On this date, June 11, 1981, a Japanese man, Issei Sagawa, murdered and cannibalized a Dutch woman named Renée Hartevelt in Paris.

  

Issei Sagawa (佐川 一政 Sagawa Issei)

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Issei Sagawa (佐川 一政 Sagawa Issei, born April 26, 1949) is a Japanese man who in 1981 murdered and cannibalized a Dutch woman named Renée Hartevelt in Paris. After his release, he became a minor celebrity in Japan and made a living through the public's interest in his crime.